Anything and Everything #2 (IO) - Page 18

Originally posted by: NalayakShaitaan

Interestingly I was one of those misguided souls who believed Hindi was our National Language

I am pretty sure I was taught that in School

To think that I learn new things on IF 😃

edit: what do u think abt the topic?

Originally posted by: NalayakShaitaan

Dreamy as a whole character...he needs to put on a bit of weight that he lost but in general..but the whole set up and him as prince looks very nice in all..the movie is OK as such but then that's how chick flicks are..Battle for Bittora??won't that be an overkill with both working together again

 

Originally posted by: blacklambo

Me too learning from people who deem others ignorant coz we don't know and judge (nm that they are judging themselves 😆 I hope u read that iv 😉).  Here, I go around explaining people that our national language is Hindi and why I speak English so fluently...😕 and I would not even need a school to tell me that fact.  For me, it is a matter of pride that I can converse in 3 languages (Hindi included), something Americans mostly marvel at coz most of them speak only 1 language.

Did u watch Haider this weekend?  How was it?  Where did u c Khoobsurat?

Edit - just out of curiosity, asked my son what ethnicity he was and his reply

as Indian (he is born in USA). Next, I asked him, what was his native language, he replied Hindi 😃 (he barely speaks Hindi  & converses in English).

Found this on the same thread (on page 11) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExKOYJvxTKk&feature=youtu.be

Originally posted by: blacklambo

 

 

http://www.fuzionproductions.com/fawad-khan-zain-altaf-next-titled-battle-bittora/

Originally posted by: NalayakShaitaan

But I got to learn that Hindi is indeed NOT pur national language and our textbooks were all wrong 

That changes my perspective so much

http://m.thehindu.com/news/national/hindi-not-a-national-language-court/article94695.ece/

http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Theres-no-national-language-in-India-Gujarat-High-Court/articleshow/5496231.cms

Hindi along with English is the official language of India..misconceptions I had so longlong

 

 

OMG...I hadn't kept abreast of this new development either.  Wikipedia confirms it too (unable to open the links above).  This must be a recent development coz we have been always told that Hindi is the national language.

 

Language is a huge issue here..even today esp in states like maharastra, south India..people being opposed to English questions in UPSC exam and what not..sometimes the diversity we have in our country becomes such a huge issue standing in opposition to progress in general..and I am digressing

 

True...

 

I was about to ask u but you answered before that..how is the reaction to knowing more than one language in US..did they have issues with your accent when you first went there?

 

 

Being a city-bred, there are not too many accent issues to begin with and the other reason being that USA can be at times a melting pot of different cultures with people speaking in different accents anyway.  Even in USA, southerners speak in a different accent than northerners.  Inhabitants of mid-west have a different accent anyway.

My son corrects my pronunciation more than anyone else...😆 and that is limited to certain words.

 

@your son: for PIO born there I guess Hindi is the sole language except SIs who teach their kids their mother tongue and English

 

He is exposed to Hindi at home, thru Indian movies (I insist on him watching these with subtitles just so he understands the language), family & friends.  Moreover, I am the one who might have told him that Hindi is the national language at some point.  So, this begs the question why were the cities names such as Bombay, Madras, Calcutta changed?  Only coz they were named by British?

Originally posted by: blacklambo

Swag (borrowing my son's language...anything cool is swag) -

https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/4193208

 

There is no way all this is done by Ranbir and Alia all the way but still liked it 😃

Edit - just checked that there is no official language at federal level in the USA, only at state level 😲.  I do learn new things on IF 😃.

Accent - also went to school in USA, which might have factored into shaping my accent.

Originally posted by: NalayakShaitaan

The Ad is a tad bit long but def cute..Ranbir loves playing football..so maybe he did the easier shots of just kicking but the hooded man with face not shown did the difficult ones

If ISL does help football in India..it will be good..hopefully it will be a success like Pro Kabaddi league was

 

Did not follow up with P-K league but knew that AB Jr. had a team (thx to Ice Bucket Challenge 😆).  Is that not recurring like IPL?  ISL would not only highlight the sport but bring forward some talent too.  I do want to see an Indian team playing in FIFA WC. 

I read a little more on it. Hindi was never Indian National language..apparently India never had one..so our textbooks were/are grossly wrong..and we learn that on IF..there were several states opposed to Hindi being imposed on them

So US doesn't have a national language too..I assumed it would have one..English

 

I thot the same too - some States in the USA do say that English is the official language but at the Federal level, no language has been adopted as the official language.  Learnt all this from that thread 😉.

U did ur schooling in US..I dunno why I assumed u went there for higher studies or post marriage..maybe coz that's the norm..did u do complete schooling there or partly in India and partly there

 

My bad...school and college at times can be inter-changeable in the USA.  Schooling and Bachelors is from India and MBA is from USA.  Sometimes colleges that offer MBA degrees are referred to as b-schools (b for business).  Did not come to USA to study but while waiting for my paperwork to be processed, decided to get an MBA degree in between.